Looking to top last year

NASCAR champion Harvick gunning for 2nd Daytona win.

Great American Race.”

“I know what it’s like to have won this race and the experience that comes with it,” he said. “I would love to be a part of winning this race with this group of guys and the things that come with it.”

Harvick will get a chance to see what Childers has prepared for Daytona International Speedway tonight in the exhibition Sprint Unlimited race. The season-opening Daytona 500 is Feb. 22, and teams have the next 10 days to prepare for the big event.

For Harvick, it means he’ll finally get back into a routine that had been disrupted the last three months.

He and wife, DeLana, moved in November, the same week as the season finale. Then came the whirlwind weeks of requirements for the new champion, and when he finally got to take a breath, he had to focus on settling into his new North Carolina neighborhood.

“We changed our whole lives in order to try to accomplish everything that we did last year,” said Harvick. Friday’s Games ■ (At) Blue Jackets 4, Flyers 3 (OT): Artem Anisimov scored 2:17 into overtime as Columbus rallied from a 3-1 third-period deficit for the win. The Blue Jackets had been winless when trailing after two periods (0-20-0), and the Flyers had not lost when ahead going into the third period (13-0-2). Flyers goalie Ray Emery stopped James Wisniewski’s shot, but Anisimov jumped on the rebound to beat Emery. Brandon Dubinsky had a goal and an assist, Cam Atkinson scored, and Jared Boll scored for the first time in 64 games for the Blue Jackets. Wayne Simmonds had two goals and an assist for the Flyers, who have lost two straight. Emery had 29 saves. ■ (At) Blackhawks 3, Devils 1: Marian Hossa scored his seventh goal in four games to lead Chicago. Hossa also had an assist on Jonathan Toews’tiebreaking goal in the third as the Blackhawks rebounded from a pair of losses at the start of an eight-game homestand. Kris Versteeg added an empty-net goal, and Corey Crawford made 25 saves. Peter Harrold scored in the first for New Jersey, which has dropped three in a row. ■ (At) Stars 2, Panthers 0: Kari Lehtonen made 36 saves for his fourth shutout of the season and 31st of his career to lead Dallas to its third straight win. Jason Spezza and Jamie Benn scored for the Stars. ■ Sharks at Coyotes: Late ■ Bruins at Canucks: Late

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